With the start of this week came the realization that my stay volunteering for the Karikuy program was coming to an end. I decided to spend it hanging out in Lima to focus all my attention onPerupedia. Traveling through Peru has been a great experience but I have really grown to love Lima and all it has to offer. From walking around in Miraflores to shopping at the Jirón de la Unión in Cercado de Lima it has really been a whirlwind of experiences. Spending my final weeks locally in Lima enjoying the spender of the city just seemed right.

Volunteering your time to an organization and dedicating some of your time to a cause is one of the most noble and meaningful things a person can do. Whether assisting the poor, taking care of abandoned children or helping communities grow, the simple and generous act of participation is a rewarding experience to both the volunteer and the people they help.

Being that our own volunteer program is only months away we thought it a good idea to highlight why volunteering in Peru is such a special and rewarding experience. Right now there are thousands of volunteers preparing to travel to Peru for the Summer and hundreds of organizations taking applications. Whether volunteering in a coastal city, a small Andean village or in the jungle, the same reasons hold true for all who decide to journey to Peru and help make a difference. [Continue Reading...]

One of the main reasons as to why I travel is so I can see how other cultures live and experience life.  For me it is the most captivating and important reason as why I leave home and it is also what stays ingrained within my memory the longest. I love seeing the sites of the countries that I visit but understanding the people; that is where the true experience lies. This past weekend in the small town of Casma I found what I was looking for. Casma is not a hot tourist destination.  Actually Lonely Planet says “Casma has little to do except watch the whirring of passing buses.”  While this may be true for the typical backpacker traveling through South America, volunteers of Perupedia were fortunate enough to [Continue reading...]

By TIM RATH. The noise produced by a near-capacity crowd of Peruvians packing Eduardo Dibos Coliseum may have been heard all the way to the United States. However, a raucous crowd was not enough to keep Peru’s national women volleyball team from falling to the U.S. Thursday in the second day of the 2009 Final Four Intercontinental Cup, 25-10, 20-25, 25-14, 25-20. “The match was a lot about trying to manage the crowd,” said the U.S. coach, Hugh McCutcheon. “The fans are great, it’s such a great environment … so, it was a tough match for us and we’re happy to win.” Captain Leyla Chihuan led Peru with 14 points in the loss, while Diana Soto chipped in 12 points. The Americans were led by Angie Pressey, who tallied 23 [Continue reading...]

Work on the perupedia graffiti page is currently going full steam ahead (although admitedly there might be a few wheels missing here and there off the mighty steam engine.) with portals, categories, guidelines and other groundwork being slotted into place as quickly as possible. There is now a main portal for graffiti & street art in peru and a subportal for graffiti lima. About the project * Document the extensive history of peruvian graffiti and politics. * Document works of graffiti or street art in lima metro and beyond. * Give up to date news on these works, events, shops and other affilirations to the graffiti scene in peru via galleries, artists pages etc. * To connect admierers, photographers, writers and artists together through contacts, discussion etc. * Expose graffiti [Continue reading...]